When Mark Pedowitz, chief executive of the CW, left the network last year, some fans of worlds where men wear masks and capes and women can fly saw it as the death of, well, Superman. But 30 years ago ...

LOS ANGELES — Phyllis Coates, who portrayed “Superman” Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane, has died. She was 96. Coates, who was the first actor to play the iconic role on the 1950s “Adventures of ...

Phyllis Coates, the first actor to portray Daily Planet reporter Lois Lane on television, died on Oct. 11 in Woodland Hills, Calif., her daughter Laura Press confirmed to the New York Times. She was ...

Phyllis Coates was the feisty Lois Lane in the first season of TV's "Superman" series. She died Wednesday in Woodland Hills. (ABC Photo Archives / Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images ...

American actor George Reeves, as Superman, stands with Phyllis Coates, as Lois Lane, in a still from the television series, "Adventures of Superman," circa 1952. Coates died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

Phyllis Coates, who played reporter Lois Lane, one of the most enduring characters in popular culture, in a theatrical film and the first season of the popular “Adventures of Superman” television ...